I talked to DH today. Doctors were in to see him. They will do an Echocardiogram today and a catheterization on Monday. I hope he doesnt need surgery. Maybe just a stent.

I dont know how to work our thermostat for our furnace. It was down into the 30s overnight. Iput the heat on but the furnace wont quit running. Its supposed to come on and off to hold the temperature. The motor just keeps running. I need DH here to take care of these things.

Step daughter is coming soon to take me to the hospital to see him. I have to take a charger for his phone.

Carol Sue I'm so sorry DH is in the hospital. I pray he will be okay. I will keep him in my prayers. I understand needing him home to do certain things that I know nothing about because he takes care of them.

Weight this morning 151.8 lbs and FBG 118. I am feeling better. Still have some tightness in my belly but not as bad as it was.

I had to order a different mushroom coffee because the one I like isn't available. I put it on a subscription to be sure I could get it each month and they are still out of it. I hope the new one is as good as this one. I really like the taste of this one. Will see. I go by the number of stars and while stars aren't as high as the one I like, it was still higher than the others.

Praying for you and your DH.

We spent a few hours with DH today. He is feeling better but still has to go thru more tests to decide how they will treat him. He definately not happy about being in the hospital. I feel bad for him but im glad its not worse. i. will be concerned about him needing surgery until after the cath on Monday.

I have not been eating much so weight should be down. DH also told me hes very hungry. He didnt get anything to eat yesterday. Today he ate a little for breakfast and lunch. Hopefully he will eat his dinner . i knoe hospital food is not the best. He loves his coffee but our hospital no longer gives coffre to the parients, not even decaf. I dont know why.

I did not get weighed yet today. I feel like ive lost.


I talked to DH this morning. He is not getting much sleep and hes miserable. They told him they will do the cath tomorrow and that will tell them a lot. I dont know what they learned from the echo. They also told him his heart is out of rythem and they will shock it back into rythem. Idont know if he will have to stop coffee or maybe switch to decaf. He is okay with decaf.


I feel really tired and want to try to get some extra sleep. I dont think we are going to the hospital today. step daughter has her life to live. i wont drive myself because its a far walk from parking to the hospital entrance. I dont think I could do it myself. We talk on the phone a few times a day so that seems to be enoigh for him.


Hope everyone has a good day.

Weight 151 lbs and FBG 109. That FBG low was a surprise. I don't think I had many carbs yesterday.

Carol Sue I am praying that your DH will be okay. Hopefully the cath will work and he will be back home soon.

Have a good day.

Weight this morning 150.4 lbs. Close enough to my goal of 150 lbs. I'm excited to have reached this new low. FBG I think was 114. I hope to be able to keep the 150 lb range.

Carol Sue I pray DH procedure goes well and he will be back home soon. Be sure to take care of yourself as I know it is stressful for you.

I talked to baby sister yesterday. I had messaged her something on FB and she wrote back that she was having a hard day. So I called her and talked to her. I encouraged her to get with a support group for those who have lost mates. Her DS is in one and so is DBIL. So I hope she will go. My church started a singles group for widows, divorcees and singles when DH#2 passed away and it was very helpful to me. They all told me it wasn't just for me but for them as well, but when I married DH and moved to FL it dismantled.

DH had the cath this morning and they found nothing. No blockage that could have caused the heart attack. so they are going to shock his heart tomorrow to put it backq in rhythem. And he will have to take a blood thinner and the one they recommend for him is very expensive. Also, he is connstantly cutting himself which will be worse on a blood thinner. Actually he is supposed to be taking aspirin but he stopped because he was having so mny problems. So I dont know how this is going to work out. Maybe this would not have happened happened if he hadnt stopped the aspirin. But thats all just water over the dam . We can only go forward.

I did not weigh. I dont want to do it fully dressed. And I havent been testing glucose.

Carol Sue DH#2 had to have heart shocked back into rhythm once when he was living. Hopefully your DH will be able to come home tomorrow afterwards or at least in a few days.

I have my last chemotherapy infusion in the morning. So I need to go to bed early so I can get up early. I want to wear my wig so the doctor will see I'm feeling better.

Weight 150.4 lbs again today. I am very happy with that. FBG 117. Headed out for last chemo infusion today. Hope to learn today what he plans to do next.

Carol Sue Prayers coming your way for your DH. I pray he will be back home soon.
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Doctor has decided since I'm tolerating the Doxorubicin so well, that I can take it for longer. I will get another one on June 2. He looked at my legs and said it may not have been cellulitis as he went by the pictures DN sent him and they were very red. He said it could have just been a rash, however, because right leg is larger than the left, he is sending me to have an ultrasound to be sure there are no clots. Go for that tomorrow afternoon at the hospital. He doesn't think there are any clots, but just being cautious. I am praying that I can get enough of the Doxorubicin treatments to get rid of the cancer.

Carol Sue How is your DH doing after the shock treatment to get the rhythm of his heart corrected. I praying for him and you because I know this is stressful for you. When you can let me know how he is doing.

DH is home from the hospital. I would have liked to have him stay til tomorroww but he had fhe heart shock treatnent and it went well. They put him on some new meds that are supposed to help. i just hope that never happens again.


A neighbor came and took my trash out since its garbage day. i would love to have someone cut the grass. We would offer fo pay whoever does it.


I guess tomorrow I will get back to weighing and I have to start exercisinng.


I'M glad fhings are going well for you Trish. . I have a raxh on my legs too...

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Carol Sue So glad your DH is back home. He shouldn't have any problems as DH#2 never did. He lived at least 3 or 4 years longer. Watch the rash on your legs. If it starts moving up on your legs, you need to see your doctor be sure it is nothing serious. I think mine is just a rash. The generic Keflex did help as rash is not as red as it was before. But I was tiried all the time which could have been from the antibiotic as I do that on them.

Weight did go up to 152 lbs because of the IV chemo treatment. Dr. says the raised FBG etc is due to the IV steroids I get before the chemo infusion. The nice thing is that the FBG did not go as high as it usually does. I'm eating more low carb so I will continue eating this way. I can't remember the exact FBG number but was thrilled it was 154 (I think) which is much better than the over 200s I used to get after infusion.

I go in a few hours for ultrasound. I registered on my cellphone, but when it came for me to pay it they wanted to charge me $230 more dollars for a bill I have already paid. I couldn't it straightened out on line. So when I called to talk to someone to straighten it out the guy kept saying $50 dollars and I kept telling it is $30 dollars. I found out I could pay it in person. Thank God when I got home, the check had cleared my bank so I have a copy of the cancelled check for $230 to prove it is paid. AI is nice sometimes, but doesn't give us all the options that we need.

Hope everyone has a blessed Wednesday.
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Ultrasound went well. No clots. Thank God!

I posted twice but they are not here.

Trish, what did DH 2 die from? what did he have,? DH is not feeling good. He is not bouncing back like I expected. He is not sleeping well and neither am I. . If I fall asleep he wakes me back up. i think he wants me awake in case something happens to him. im concerned, but I need sleep too. He got up early but now that I'm up he went back to bed.

I finally received the second pair of shoes I ordered. The credit card company contacted them. It was Capital One Credit Card. They took the charge off my account and said it will be put back on when I receive the merchandise.

I got weighed early today. 176.2,down a bit from yesterday. I cant wait to get into the 160s. I need to work toward that. Trish, you realky passed me up! I need to catch up.

Carol Sue DH#2 had CHF. He was in the hospital on ventilator when they shocked his heart, but they didn't send him home right away, He was probably in the hospital for a total of 5 days in all. He never was able to go like he did before. Doctors wondered how he did as good as he did because he only had 20% of his heart working. He did finally get the heart working above that but never up to 30%. We did have a doctor who got his meds right. When he left, he was assigned a new doctor who changed his meds and DH wouldn't go back for him to correct things when DH was having pain. He died a few weeks later. I always felt like he would have lived if he had been able to stay on the meds the first doctor had him on.

Your DH does need to rest, but also needs to do what activity he can so his heart can get stronger. DH could walk out to the car and go to the store or get takeout or walk out to the shed because he sneaked out there to smoke during those times. However, he couldn't walk to the front porch to get the mail. I could smell the smoke on him, but he always made excuses saying he wasn't smoking. I learned the truth after he passed away.

Weight today is still 152 lbs but I am thrilled that my FBG was 108 this morning. I think that is because I'm doing more of a moderately low carb woe. I'm not doing keto or Atkins low carb, but it is working. I will get back to exercises next week.

Hope you have a good day.

I didnt get weighed yet today. i willnlater.

Last night DH told me he was having difficulty breathing. It happened when he would lie down. So he got up around 4 am and came out to sit in his recliner and I did too.


He was checking his oxygen level and it was low, 87. I wanted to call the ambulance and they could come out and check him. He said no because he didnt want the neighbors to see

an ambulance here. They were probably still sleeping. He drank some coffee and bc eventually felt better. He had some chest congestion. He said he thinks his problem was more chest congestion rather than heart attack. Thing is his cardiac enzymes were elevated. I dont know. Hes feeling better now so we will see.

He is able to go to the store to play the lottery, and he went out to pick up take out for dinner yrsterday. He said his legs hurt from no activity,lying in the bed for 5 days. ?

Trish, one thing is funny. This stopped him from going to the casino. He hasnt been there since Wednesday last week. Friday last week we were on the way when this all started. He didnt go this week at all and he said he wont go next week. We'll see. i feel guilty because I wanted him to take a break so I caused this. I guess I have to be careful what I wish for.

Carol Sue Your DH might need a machine so he can have a breath treatment when he has problem breathing. DH#2 had one and so did DH first wife. She also had CHF. He needs a cardiologist to help him know what is happening. Also, you can request an ambulance not to use sirens. I had DH do that a couple of times when we had an ambulance come for me.

Don't feel guilty about this happening. It would have happened anyway. You are under enough stress with all that is going on without adding guilt to it. You will know more about how he feels if he is able to go to casino again. Take advantage of the situation and get the rest you needed before this happened. Prayers continue coming your way.

I am tired today and could have slept in, but DN and her Hubby and Daddy are coming to see me today. I could have called it off, but I probably need to visit with her and will enjoy being with her. We text each other and communicate more now. I know her Mother used to text her in the middle of the night when DN was working. I've started texting little things to her when she works. I do enjoy her.

Tiredness is probably the junk I've been eating lately. My weight was up to 153.8 this morning. FBG 116. I need to get back on lower carb or at least stop eating junk food. Next week I will get back to exercising again which will help too.

Hope you have a good day.